Catboat LIZ On
The Marsh
Size: 16 x 22", watercolor
Price: $3800.00
Artist: John
Hutchinson
EDUCATION
After graduating
from Harvard University in 1963 I spent three and a half years as a U S Naval
Officer aboard attack aircraft carriers. With the help of several artist friends
I developed a keen desire to delve the secrets and pleasures of painting.
I melded a lifetime of boating experience with a passion for maritime history
and began to paint the sea and the ships that lived upon it. I came to Salem
in 1976 and have lived and painted there ever since.
My marine pictures interpret coastal New England and its maritime history. They focus primarily on vessels that sailed this region's waters around the turn of the last century. They are of racing yachts, tugs, catboats, pilot and fishing schooners, steamers and a variety of working vessels so common then that they rarely drew much attention from artists or photographers of the day yet played an important role in this region's commercial development. in the ensuing years my range of subject matter has broadened to include wildlife, salt marshes, wooden beach wagons and my daughters.
My home and adjacent studio are located hard by the shores of Juniper Cove in the Willows section of Salem, Mass.
Shows
1976 Governor
Bradley Gallery, Boston
1890 First
ever exhibit of a contemporary artist's work at the Peabody Museum of Salem,
Mass.
1984 Shepard
Gallery, Newport
1990 Sailor's
Valentine Gallery, Nantucket
1994 Nina
Hellman Gallery, Nantucket
1995 Nina
Hellman Gallery, Nantucket
1977-2005
Studio Gallery, Salem ( Annual show )